Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-07-06
City Trua teeA.

The Board of City Trustees met in regu-
lar session at 10 A. NJ. yesterday, all the
members present.
DR.. Nichols, the Secretary of the City
Board of Health, appeared and protested
against the ordinance relating to the dis
position of garbage. The Board of Health
were opposed to its being dumped at any
place, however secluded it might be, within
| the city limits. The best way TO dispose of
it, in the opinion of the Board, was to burn
it. DR.. Nixon said that the cases of diph-
| iberia and scarlatina now found in the
| southeastern portion of the city were, no
doubt attributable to the foul gases arising
from decaying garbage. He cautioned the
Board against the passage of such an ordi-
nance without consulting well the effect it
would have upon the health of the CITY.
The suggestions of DIR. Nichols were so
plain, and the evils arising from garbage
dumps so apparent, that the Board decided
to take the proposed ordinance under ad-
visement for one week and so amend it rs
TO overcome the objections.
According to the report of Engineer
Williams, of the Water Works, during the
past week there were pumped &c, 2S7. 800
gallons of water. That equals 400 gallons
per week, or geo gallons per day for every
man, woman and child in the city. The
Holly pump was run 118 hours, and the c.
P. or Stevens pump 159 hours.
City Collector Geo. A. Putnam reported
for the quarter ending June 30th, as fol-
lows: Licenses collected, S6,541 50; fees
on the same, $S4; dog licenses, SIS. Total,
S6,62S so; licenses on hand July lst, &c.
462 so.
| of June, reported $50 arrests, IS dodgers,
LOIS meals furnished.
THE M-sTREET IMPROVEMENT.
The Trustees at their last meeting had
| reason TO believe that the remonstrance to
| the M-street improvement had signatures
| obtained by fraud, and therefore requested
those who stood in the way of improve
ment to come before the Board and ac-
knowledge their signatures. A letter was
| read from Israel Luce, whose name appeared
| in the remonstrance. 1t was placed there
by his wife, who was of the opinion that he
was opposed to the improvement of the
city. He owns so feet, which goes to the
other side. Mr.. Luce wants it understood
| that be is not one of those who stand in
the way of Sacramento's progress. If he
could, be would have the entire street
paved with Inyo marble. Mr.. O'Neil 40
! feet, Mrs. Maharry 90 feet, Mr.. Potter 20
| feet, aud Mr.. Kenny 20 feet, were taken
! from the petition of the obs'ructionists, y
and placed upon the side Of those who are
in favor of improvement and progress"
| 1t is now stated that but 20 feet more is
necessary, and il is expected there will be
a tumble all along the line, and the street
| will be improved as it ought to be.
! Judge Beatty vas present at the meeting
and presented the following, which was
adopted:
! WHEREAS, A Temonstrance against the reso-
! luton to improve street. passed by this Board
| in June. has been filed and the Board is not
! satisfied that the signatures to the above have
/ been made or authorized by the owners of a
/ maj lrity of frontage elOpg he line of the pro-
! posed Improvements but in view OF The doubt
raised by the filing of said remonstrance and
| the strong objections of part of the owners of
said frontage 10 the plan of making said i'm
! pros emcut as whole. they being in favor of
| making the same block by block: therefore
| RGS9ircd That said resolution to improve NJ
street be and the same is hereby rescnded.
| The Beard then passed resolutions of in
| tentlon to improve NJ street, block by
block, by grading and graveling to the Of
! fetal grade and constructing paved cutters
and redwood curbing.
| Complaint was made by Il NJ. Clarken
of the bad sewerage in the neighborhood #
| Thirteenth and \ streets Trustee RYAN
| informed him that a new sewer was now
being put down which would remedy all
| the defects in that locality.